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The Associated Press
The 154 programs that Presi
dent Bush wants to eliminate or
cut in his 2006 budget proposal.
Bush would terminate 99 pro
grams and make major spend
ing reductions in 55. Separately,
the administration listed eight
major reforms Bush proposed
that also would produce spend
ing cuts.
Of the terminations, Bush
has recommended 59 of them
before. Twenty-seven of the 55
programs targeted for spending
reductions have been previ
ously submitted to Congress.
TERMINATED:
—Agriculture Department
AMS Biotechnology Program
Forest Service Economic Ac
tion Program
High Cost Energy Grants
NRCS Watershed and Flood
Prevention Operations
Research and Extension
Grant Earmarks and Low Prior
ity Programs
—Commerce Department
Advanced Technology Pro
gram
Emergency Steel Guarantee
Loan Program
Public Telecommunications
Facilities, Planning and Con
struction Program
—Education Department
Comprehensive School Re
form
Educational Technology State
Grants
Even Start
(High School Program Termi
nations)
Vocational Education State
Grants
Vocational Education Na
tional Activities
Tech Prep State Grants
Upward Bound
Talent Search
GEAR UP
Smaller Learning Commu
nities
Perkins Loans: Capital Con
tributions and Loan Cancella
tions
Regional Education Labo
ratories
Safe and Drug Free Schools
State Grants
(Small Elementary and Sec
ondary Education Programs)
Javits Gifted and Talented
Education
National Writing Project
School Leadership
Dropout Prevention Program
Close Up Fellowships
Ready to Teach
Parental Information and Re
source Centers
Alcohol Abuse Reduction
Foundations for Learning
Mental Health Integration in
Schools
Community Technology Cen
ters
Exchanges with Historic
Whaling and Trading Partners
Foreign Language Assistance
Excellence in Economic Edu
cation
Arts in Education
Women’s Educational Equity
Elementary and Secondary
School Counseling
Civic Education
Star Schools
(Smaller Higher Education
Programs)
Higher Education Demos for
Students w/Disabilities
Underground Railroad Pro
gram
Interest Subsidy Grants
(Small Job Training and Adult
Education Programs)
Occupational and Employ
ment Information
Tech-prep Demonstration
Literacy Programs for Prison
ers
State Grants for Incarcerated
Youth
(Small Postsecondary Stu
dent Financial Assistance Pro
grams)
LEAP
Byrd Scholarships
B.J. Stupak Olympic Schol
arships
Thurgood Marshall Legal Op
portunity
(Small Vocational Rehabilita
tion Programs)
Vocational Rehabilitation
Recreational Programs
Vocational Rehab (VR) Mi
grant and Seasonal Workers
Projects with Industry
Supported Employment
Teacher Quality Enhance
ment Program
—Energy Department
Hydropower Program
Nuclear Energy Plant Optimi
zation
Nuclear Energy Research Ini
tiative
Oil and Gas Programs
—Health and Human Serv
ices Department
ACF Community Service Pro
grams
ACF Early Learning Opportu
nities Fund
CDC Congressional Earmarks
CDC Preventive Health and
Health Services Block Grant
CDC Youth Media Campaign
Direct Service Worker Deliv
ery Grants
HRSA Emergency Medical
Services for Children
HRSA Health Facilities Con
struction Congressional Ear
marks
HRSA Healthy Community
Access Program
HRSA State Planning Grant
Program
HRSA Trauma Care
HRSA Traumatic Brain Injury
HRSA Universal Newborn
Hearing Screening
Real Choice Systems Change
Grants
—Housing and Urban Devel
opment Department
HOPE VI
—Interior Department
BLM Jobs-in-the-Woods Pro
gram
LWCF State Recreation
Grants (NPS)
National Park Service Statu
tory Aid
Rural Fire Assistance (BLM,
NPS, FWS, BIA)
—Justice Department
Byrne Discretionary Grants
Byrne Justice Assistance
Grants
COPS Hiring Grants
COPS Interoperable Commu
nications Technology Grants
COPS Law Enforcement
Technology Grants
Juvenile Accountability Block
Grants
National Drug Intelligence
Center
Other State/Local Law En
forcement Assistance Program
Terminations
State Criminal Alien Assis
tance Program (SCAAP)
—Labor Department
Migrant and Seasonal Farm
Worker Training Program
Reintegration of Youthful Of
fenders
—Transportation Depart
ment
National Defense Tank Vessel
Construction Program
Railroad Rehabilitation In
frastructure Financing Loan
Program
—Enviromental Protection
Agency
Unrequested Projects
Water Quality Cooperative
Agreements
—National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Hubble Space Telescope Ro
botic Servicing Mission
—Other Agencies
National Veterans Business
Development Corporation
Postal Service: Revenue For
gone Appropriation
SBA: Microloan Program
SBA: Small Business Invest
ment Company (SBIC) Partici
pating Securities Program
MAJOR REDUCTIONS:
—Agriculture Department
Federal (In-House) Research
Forest Service Capital Im
prove and Maintenance
Forest Service Wildland Fire
Management (incl. supp. and
emergency funding)
Biomass Research and Devel
opment
Broadband
CCC - Bioenergy
CCC - Market Access Pro
gram
Farm Bill Programs (EQIP)
Farm Bill Programs (CSP)
Farm Bill Programs (WHIP)
Farm Bill Program (Farm and
Ranchland Protection)
Farm Bill Programs (Ag. Man
agement Assistance)
IFAS
Renewable Energy
Rural Firefighter Grants
Rural Strategic Investment
Program
Rural Business Investment
Program
Value-added Grants
Watershed Rehabilitation
NRCS Conservation Opera
tions
NRCS Resource Conservation
and Development Program
Water and Wastewater Grants
and Loans
—Commerce Department
Manufacturing Extension
Partnership
—Education Department
Adult Education State Grants
State Grants for Innovation
—Energy Department
Environmental Management
—Health and Human Serv
ices Department
HRSA Children’s Hospitals
GME Payment Program
HRSA Health Professions
HRSA Rural Health
SAMHSA Programs of Re
gional and National Signifi
cance
State, Local & Hospital Bi
oterrorism Preparedness Grants
—Housing and Urban Devel
opment Department
Housing for Persons with
Disabilities
Native American Housing
Block Grant
Public Housing Capital Fund
-Interior Department
Bureau of Indian Affairs
School Construction
National Heritage Area
Grants
Payments in Lieu of Taxes
USGS, Mineral Resources
Program
—Justice Department
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Construction Program
High Intensity Drug Traffick
ing Areas Program
Juvenile Justice Law Enforce
ment Assistance Programs
—Labor Department
International Labor Affairs
Bureau
Office of Disability Employ
ment Policy
Workforce Investment Act Pi
lots and Demonstrations
—State Department
Assistance for the Indepen
dent States of the Former Soviet
Union
—Transportation Depart
ment
FAA - Facilities and Equip
ment
FAA - Airport Improvement
Program (Oblim)
FRA - Next Generation High
Speed Rail
—Treasury Department
Internal Revenue Service -
Taxpayer Service
—Environmental Protection
Agency
Alaska Native Villages
Clean Water State Revolving
Fund
-National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Aeronautics: Vehicle Systems
Program
Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter
—Other Agencies
Archives: National Historical
Publications & Records Com
mission
U.S. Institute of Peace, Con
struction of New Building
MAJOR REFORMS
Agriculture: Rural Telephone
Bank
Commerce: Economic and
Community Development Pro
grams
Homeland Security: State and
Local Homeland Security
Grants
Homeland Security: Trans
portation Security Administra
tion, Recover Aviation Security
Screening Costs Through Fees
Labor: Job Training Reform,
Consolidate Grants Program
Transportation: Amtrak
Army Corps of Engineers
(Civil Works): Performance
Guidelines for Funding Con
struction Projects
U.S. Agency for International
Development and Department
of Agriculture: International
Food Aid
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